男子冒险走私玩具五年 成"叙利亚圣诞老人"
Toy smuggler becomes "Santa of Syria"
For the past five years, 44-year-old Finish-Syrian Rami Adham has dedicated his life to helping the children of Aleppo cope with the horrors of war by smuggling toys into the besieged city.
在过去5年间,现年44岁的叙利亚裔芬兰人拉米•阿德汗致力于向阿勒颇走私玩具,以帮助这座被围困的城市中的孩子们对抗战争的恐惧.
Rami Adhman was born in Aleppo, but moved to Finland with his family in 1989. When the Syrian civil war started, in 2012, he decided he had to help the children of his native city in any way he could. In the beginning, he never planned on taking toys, thinking that food, medicine, and drinking water were the things that mattered most. However, on one occasion of crossing the border, his daughter told him she wanted to donate her toys to the kids of Aleppo. He took the girl up on her offer, and upon seeing the joy on the Syrian children's faces when he took the toys out of his backpack, he decided to make them a priority on his subsequent runs.
拉米•阿德汗出生在阿勒颇,但在1989年和家人移居芬兰.2012年叙利亚内战开始时,他决定竭尽全力帮助家乡的孩子.起初,阿德汗认为食品、药品和饮用水是最重要的物品,他从未打算携带玩具.然而,在一次越境时,阿德汗的女儿对他说,她想要把自己的玩具捐给阿勒颇的孩子们.阿德汗接受了女儿的提议,当他把玩具从背包中取出时,他看到了叙利亚孩子们脸上的喜悦.于是他决定在今后的偷运中把玩具放在首位.
Adham soon became known as the "toy smuggler" and the "Santa of Syria". He has so far made the journey from Helsinki to Aleppo 28 times, and doesn't plan on stopping until the war ends. Until two years ago, he crossed into Syria through the border with Turkey, but after it closed down, he started crossing into the war-torn country illegally, carrying an 80kg bag of toys on his back all the way to Aleppo. It's a dangerous trip that he has to make by foot, because it's dangerous to drive through rebel-held and government-held districts. But those aren't the only forces he has to avoid, as he claims that his humanitarian efforts have also made him a wanted man by ISIS and Shia militias in Syria.
阿德汗很快被人称为"玩具走私者"和"叙利亚圣诞老人".截至目前,他已经进行了28次从赫尔辛基到阿勒颇的旅行,而且战争结束前他都不打算停止.直到两年前,他还可以从土耳其穿越边境进入叙利亚,但是自从土叙边境关闭后,他开始非法越境进入这个饱受战争摧残的国家,背上背着一包80公斤重的玩具一路前往阿勒颇.他不得不步行完成这趟危险的旅行,因为开车穿过叛军控制区和政府控制区非常危险.但是阿德汗不仅需要躲避这些势力,据他说他的人道主义活动已经让他成为伊斯兰国组织和叙利亚什叶派民兵组织的通缉目标.
However, the dangers he faces on his every trip aren't enough to stop the toy smuggler. His mission is just too important. "Right now, Syrian kids are just facing death and insecurity and constant threats. Toys are important," he told The Telegraph.
